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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26

to Captain Hathaway, who always sits az
his elbow, and Remarked:
'This is a IN iserable world. isn't
Saptain?"
"Yes! yes,'
An old woman, Catharine Grant, was in
the box. Officer Slough was partrolling
at the corner of Erie and Kingsbury
streets, where the railroad tracks cross
and recross each other, yesterday after
noon, when he saw this old woman walk
hurriedly down Kingsbury street ard
throw herself on the track just in front
of an approaching engine. The engineer
blew an alarm and Officer Slough shouted
and ran toward her. She saw the police
man and, jumping up suddenly, ran with
uncommon agility for block and half
before he could capture her.
"What did you do that for?" said tn
magistrate.
"Oh! well, live with my children and
poor husband at 5,S2S Wentworth avenue.
I've got three chil6red and he won't work
and CANDLES all the time and I've worked
so many years and couldn't get work tor
long time. am disheartened and l saw
the train a-comin' piece down the road
and wanted to end 1T all. The idea came
sudden, Squire and didn't mean to do
nothln' wrong" The woman was crying
by that time and so were other people
who hadn't been to the police court very
often. She was discharged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
ABOUT THE FARM.
Classification of Breeds of Pigs.
American Agriculturist.

American Agriculturist
There has been great confusion in the
names of these, owing to their being call
ed after the different counties, towns and
estates where bred, although differing
little or nothing in color or characteris-
tics. In consequence of this, the agricul-
tsral societies in great Britain have re-
Gently determined to put an end to these
numerous names, and low reduce the
whole to about eight classes. They have
taken all the white swine of the kingdom,
and amalgamated them to three breeds,
designating them as Large Whites"
middle Whites" and "Small Whites" In
the same manner they have named the
black swine, although there is not SO
great a difference in the respective
weights as with the whites. The three
former vary, full-grown, from about 300
to 900 pounds. Some few have attained
still larger weights, even as high as 1900
pounds; but the pork of such is coarse
and of inferior quality, and, therefore,
latterIy avoided. The three latter vary,
full < rown, only about 25 to 700 pounds.
In consequence of their being more par
tieularly adapted to turn out tender, lean
juicy hams and shoulders for smoking,
and side pieces for bacon, the Berkshire
and Tamworth breeds are to be kept dis
tinct as now; for the former have more
or less white mingled with their black,
and the Tamworty redish-brown spots On
rather dirty white ground. We wish
the above classifcations of the breeds of
swine could be adopted by our own agri-
cultural societies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
Mr.. Evarts Got a Reply.

The American Magazine.
A correspondent who has been reading
the anecdotes about Senators in our last
number was and eyewitness of tho fol-
lowing occurrence:
At New York city, in the fall of 1856, a
case was tried befare Judge Sutherland,
in which the law firm of Evarts, South
mayed & Choate appeared for the defense.
Mr.. Evarts made the concluding argu-
meut, and the fame of the great counselor
secured for him considerable audience
of lawyers from neighboring courts, in
addition to many persons who had mora
or less interest in the proceedings.
Mr.. Evarts had been speaking for some
hours and was evidently nearing his per-
Grafton. He began to sum up his argu-
ments, and asked impressively what an
swer could be made to them. Again he
placed the points in lucid array, and again
asked a similar question. Then third
time he restated his case with vivid elo-
quence, and once more in louder tones,
wound up with:
"What IS their answer"
He paused. You could have heard a
pin drop. Suddenly the door of the
courtroom opened, and a peddler, stick
ing his head and feather-duster into the
opening, cried out:
"Brooms?"
In moment the room was ringing with
uncomfortable laughter, in which every
body joined the Judge on the bench
and the orator himself. Mr.. Evarts, how
ever, kept on his feet, and was the first
to recover composure. With his hand
raised to command attention, as the roar
subsidized, he said solemnly:
"That was not, indeed, the reply which
I expected. But you may rest assured
that when you do get their answer you
will find it equally frivolous and incon-
sequent."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
SOMETIME TO EAT.
IARMALADE PUDDING.

lake tea cups of breads crumbs, add
l OF timely chopped suet, of brown sugar,
2 well-beaten eggs, the juice of an orange,
and three large tablespoonsfuls of orange
marmalade. Mix all together and pour
iuto buttered mold, over which very
thin slices of citron peel have been stuck
il pattern, boil for twenty minutes and
serve with organge sauce. To make the
sauce: Take tablespoonful of corn
starch, 2 of sugar and a half -tumbler of
orange juice, add a half pint of W alter.
Stir briskly over fire until it boils, then
pour over the pudding.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
The Great Horse Roundup.
Salt Lake Tribune.

The big horse roundup in the northern
part of the territory and in Idaho and
Wyoming is progressing better than was
ever anticipated by the horsemen. The
roundup is now going down the Utah
side of Bear river, and doing immense
work. The horses are brought into the
central corrals every hour of the day. and
their number resembles the swarming of
bees about a hive. The roundup Will
continue as far as Dingle dell, near Lake
Town, and last about another week, when
all concerned will have cause to rejoice
at the benefits resulting from the thorough
work. Some of the horsemen have found
horses that they have not seen since they
were colts and have grown to be unrecog-
nizablo, save for the brands that they
bear. Mr.. Charlie Jensen, one of the big
horsemen is foreman of the force that are
making the roundup, and under his sur
veillance everything is running in system
attic order. Billy Carlos, who represents
Beckwith, Quinn 81 Cos. big ranch, acts
as chief "rounder." The grass is begin
ming to show itself, aud the horses give
evidence of the fact in their appearance
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26

ceming up, potato fertilizer was suited
over the mounds, an ounce to each, or
at the rate of 400 pounds to the acre.
When the plants were II to Is inches
high, narrow cultivator was ran between
the rows, the horse hoe used to kill the
weeds on the sides of the ridges, and the
hand hoe on the top of the ridges be-
tween the plants. Mr.. Putnam concludes
that it is not well to plant potatoes on
dry land until after the soil is well decom-
posed by the cultivation of some other
crop. After the sod is well rotted the
labor of growing and harvesting is re-
duced about one-half, and the chances
for success about double. Trying to sub
due witch grass or June grass sod with
a potato crop proves hard and unproft-
able. Mr.. Putnum thinks it best to pillow
in all manure on dry land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
Evanscent Beauty.
The American Magazine

The girl leaned against the tall gate
post, and looked down the street. She
did not answer but seemed to be thinking,
and the tears glistened in her eyes. She
was very beautiful girl. Beauty makes
its appearance in some women's lives
like buoy on the water. They catch
sight of it, some abreast of it, and then
leave it behind. 1t is not flower of slow
growth. but opens suddenly upon them
and they fade forever, Margaret has
been a homely child, with large irregular
features. A good observer might see
that she would not be a permanently
beautiful woman-"fne looking" even
handsome" would, perhaps, however,
apply for some years. But now she had
caught up with her beauty, as it were. 1t
rests upon her with as palpable glory'as
the late afternoon sunshine in which she
stood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
Herman inIHOt Water
New York Sun.


Hermann, the magician, Occupied a
cell at the New York Street Police Station
Brooklyn, last night, the result of some
comical cranks in street car. After
the performance at Colonel Sims Park
theater, he, accompanied by his wire,
boarded a DeKalb avenue car going
toward the bridge with the intention of
coming to this side, where he lives. The
car contained a number of passengers,
and the temptation to amuse himself led
to his arrest,
Among the party on the car were two
ladies and four gentlemen. One of the
former wore handsome gold watch and
chain and her escort a diamond pin. The
latter, Theodore Clifford, living on Col
umbla Heights, discovered that his pin
was missing, and at about the same time
the young lady found that her watch and
chain was gone. Charles Otto, living at
No. 80 Fulton street, said he had lost a
watch also. and, remembering that
Hermann had asked him the time accus-
ed him of the theft
The conductor called Police Officer
femme, who arrested Hermann and con-
veyed him to the York street station,
he was registered On the charge of rob-
berry. He Immediately revealed his iden-
tity and requested that the complainants
be subjected to search, which was
done.
Otto's watch was discovered in Clifford's
pocket, while the latter's diamond was
found under the lapel of his own coat.
The young lady's watch was in the coat
tail pocket of the policeman who made
the arrest.
Hermann protested the entire affair
was simply practical joke and no harm
was intended, but Desk Sergeant Nc
Carthy held that he was guilty of dis
orderly conduct, and ordered him locked
up on that charge, as the other charges
had been withdrawn.
A messenger was dispatched for Harry
Kennedy, No. Willoughby street, and
that gentleman went security for the
prisoners appearance before the justice
this morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
WANTED TO END IT."
A Poor Woman's Dispair
Chicago Journal.

The emotions of police court frequent
ers are so used to the wretchedness and
wrong doing that files in and out the
prisoners dock that they scarcely res
pond to anything. However, Justice
Kersten, sitting in the East Chicago
Avenue Police Court this morning, turned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
Fried Celery

Wash and trim two heads of celery, cut
off ends, leaving the white part about
eight inches long; divide each head into
four, leRgthwise, and put into saucepan
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
SUNK BY A WHALE.
k an Old Resident of the Deep Playt
on His Torment0rs.
Detroit Free Press.

It was on the I'd day of April, 1858, and
the hour was o'clock in the afternoon,
when the man on the lookout sighted a
whale. Observations taken at high noon
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-26
A Wicked Boa Constructor
New York Sun

About the biggest boa constructor in
town is at present in box about the size
and shape of an adult coffin in Donald
Burns bird store Roosevelt street. The
snake is between so and IS years old, but
has never been christened. Burns sim ply
calls it a "terror." Several times it has
struck terror to Roosevelt and Cherry
streets, and it may do it again.
Itwas caught in Africa near missionary
station last year, and got to Burns last
August. Burns has been up and down
the Amazon and several other snake riv-
ers, and he says this boa is the biggest he
ever saw. 1t has also the worst DISPOSE
ton. One day, soon after the snake be-
gan living in Roosevelt street, Burns
thought he would like to see it straighten
out. It had been fed about a dozen rab-
bits day or two before, and boas are
generally genial and peaceable at such
times. It stretched out its thirty feet of
cold blooded flesh on the floor of the lit
tie ground-fioor room, where there are
lots OF Gagged monkeys, parrots and odd
birds. There was also a good sized Rus
sian bear tied up there. Before Burns
had time to fully admire it's size, the floor
shook. huge dark coil few across the
1OOLi, thO IeooCloA UOd1 hOWICo q fldll
howl, the monkeys screeched, the parre is
said everything and a big crowd collected
in front of the door to seq the Russian
bear In the coils of the boa Burns threw
blanket over the snake, and with the
help of several daring Fourth Warders
got it into the box. The bear was dead.
Soon after that Burns sold the snake
for $500 to Prof. Donaldson, who took it
out West op exhibition. He made mon
ely on it, but several times it nearly kill
ed him. and last week it was sent back to
Burns in the cofin-shaped box, tagged,
sGlass; handle with care" The railroad
hands didn't handle it as carefully as they
would if they had known there was more
snake than glass in the box. There was
under the lid glass top an inch thick.
On Tuesday, while one of Burns help
ers was wiping off the glass top, the boa
struck at his hand. 1t didn't break the
thick glass, but it knocked the frame
clear off its hinges, and the boa started
to crawl out and make things lively
Burns peeled off his overcoat and threw
it over it, and it drew back into the box.
The boa hasn't been fed since March 1.
Burns will feed it about April L. He will
take it to small room, where there are
rabbits and pigeons loose, and let it have
its own way till it is outside of every
thing in the room
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
OLp-TIME vAGARlEs.
How Ague and Nightmare Were Cured
the Good Old Dave.

How Ague and Nightmare Were Cured I'm
the Good Old Days.
In the early days of credulity and
superstition the popular mind was pre-
pared to receive as remedy any thing
of a mysterious character. A ring
made on the hinge of coffin was cred
tied with the power of relieving cramps,
which also received sOlace when a
rusty old sword was hung up by the
patients bedside Nails driven into
an oak tree were not n cure, but a pre-
ventive against tOothache. A halter
which had served to hang a criminal
withal, when bound round the temples,
was found an infallible remedy for
headache. A still more efficacious
remedy was found, of course, in the
moss" growing on human skull,
which moss was dried and pulverized
and then taken by way of cephalic
snuff. A dead mans hand could dis
pei tumors of the glands by stroking
! the parts nine times; but the hand of a
man who had been cut down from tho
! callows-tree was, we need not say, a
remedy infinitely more efficacious.
/ Some Of these remedies still exist
among the superstitious poor of the
provinces, although the formula, of
course, is not now strictly adhered to,
1 the game being emphatically hardly
worth the CANDLE To cure warts,
/ for instance, the best thing was to
steal piece Of beef from the butcher,
with which the warts were to be
rubbed, after which it was to be in
TERED in any filth, and as the process
of decomposition went on the warts
would wither and disappear.
The chips Of a gallows on which sew
eraI persons had been hanged, when
worn in a bag round the neck, were
pronounced an infallible cure for the
| ague. The nightmare, supposed, OF
course, to be caused by supernatural
agency, was banished by means of 3
stone with hole in it being suspended
at the head of the sufferers bed This
last remedy went by the name of q
''hag-stone. because it prevented the
witches, who of course wrought the
mischief, from sitting on the patient
stomach.
Its effect upon these mischievous old
crones was singularly deterrent. The
poor old creatures who could not have
sat a horse the moment he began K
walk were credited with riding these
animals over the moorland at headlone
speed in the dead of night, when bet
ter disposed and less frisky people were
wrapped in slumber A "hag-stone
tied TO the key of the stable door a
once put stop 70 these heathenlsl
! yagaFles, Tine
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
Kissing as a Punishment.

Kissing as a punishment was to me quite
u new idea observes a writer in the New
York Commercial Adrertiser, but it was
certainly a very ingenious and, as the
event proved, a very successful one. A
little fellow came to me one day and said:
"Mr. NJ, won't GU make Frank B. stop
kissing me?" "Why ~ said I, "don't you
like to be kissed?" ''No, DON'T" said he,
very decidedly. Not being able to get any
more information from his pOuting lips, I
called up Frank, who was a sturdy, square
set boy Of twelve, and asked an explana"
ton. ''Why, you see, sir, he's been getting
in my way and troubling me, and, as he is
too small for me to hit l just told him that
every time he bothered me I'd kiss him;
and so 1 did, and, as he hates it like poison,
1 think it will cure him." 1 presume it did
cure him, for 1 never heard from either
party afterward.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Unique Phases Exhibited by It During a
Thunderstorm.

Unique Phases Exhibited by It During a
Thunder-S Storm.
DR.. Walker, of the Kansas City Journal,
is somewhat carried away with his admi-
ration for the Washington Monument.
He says: 81 have bean living now for
some months at distance of mile away,
in full view of the Washington Monu-
ment, looking directly upon its eastern
face. lit never seems twice alike. 1t has
its moods and changes of color, like the
tops of the Swiss Alps. This morning
the base of the six hundred foot
structure was lost in deep blue
mist, which filed the valley for a
depth of a couple of hundred feet. Then
came a section of perhaps one hundred feet
more in which the shaft was purple and
pink, the whole crowned with white
blazing column, hundreds Of feet high,
flashing back the sunlight, set against
deep blue western skyl At another time
you will see the cold, gray base of the
monument rising above the deep green
foliage which surrounds it, with the dark
blue highlands of Arlington beyond, and
overlapping all these the graceful shaft
pierces the heavens, towering far above
Cue horizon line, until it's top Is lost in q
sea of heecy clouds. 1t is a. realized
vision Of Jacobs ladder, a real
visible stone causeway leading from
Heaven to earth. Do you know Of any
other monument like that? A few even
ings ago there was a grand thunder
shower in the east. The west was black
with darkness and even the white monu-
ment was blotted out of sight. But at
every flash of the lightning the whole
eastern face Of the monument cleaned
and flashed like polished sword, coming
out of the darkness with a suddsnness and
vividness that was startling. 1t seemed
to be a CHASTITY monument, column of
electricity, which Isapsd from the earth to
the sky. [ am sure no other monument
in this world can exhibit such a phase as
thatU
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
WEIRD pANroMIME.
a Strange Scene 4yitifsssed by a COnduc


A Strange Scene Witnessed by COnductoE
on the M0jave Desert.
81 have the worst time in the world con.
vincing my people of the real facts about
mirages on the Colorado DESERT" said Con-
ductor Tom Williamson, of the Atlantic &
Pacific road, to San Francisco Examiner
reporter.
Twenty miles out from Mojave, on my
run, and all across the desert every morn
ing just after sunrise, you see every thing.
You'd think you were right on the bank of
a river, but you never get TO it. Then,
again, you see a magnificent lake, the
color of an emerald-no go, no lake, can't
get to it. And bless my stars, though /
run over that road every day, and see
these scenes over and over again, I can't
bring myself to believe that don't see
water. Well, if it's difficult for me, how
much more difficult is it for the passen
gers.
Between my own superstitions about
these things, if you may call them such,
tho questions of fresh grist of passen-
gers every day, and my regular duties,
you may be sure have enough to do.
81 have heard of ghosts lowering around
and bothering railroad trains. I never saw
any ghosts-that is, none of those things
dressed in whits-bUt I'u tell you what
did see oncs. The sun rose just as we
were craving 0CG S4 p SA1AeEy WHICH 10 a
station two hundred miles east of Mojave.
It tipped as glorious q lake as l ever saw,
all in an sRulgent glow. Upon that lake
moving to and fire was q myriad of people,
gliding hither and tkisksr. The scene re-
minded me of the realization Of = strange
NEUROLOGICAL talB.s It appeared to me ~
though there were a Thousand people on
that lake, big and little, old and young,
male and female.
at was as if the whole thing was in
pantomims, and then all at once the
Fthing,' or whatever it was, disappeared.
81 was scared. Upon my word I was
have a sort Of notion that I'Il get new
route. The hobgoblins on those mirages
alarm me-"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23


"'Stand backr shouted Earl, with
his pistol presented. I'm running this
engine. and the first man who attempts
to interfere is a dead mani
"Eubanks made a rush at Earl, who
at sight of his rival, fairly foamed with
rage.
" 'Villainr ne screamed, you dare
interfere? You, of all men?'
"Eubanks recoiled. horror stricken.
In the meantime, we were plunging
along in utter darkness, knowing not
what minute we would all be dashed to
eternity.
"While the conductor and Earl were
talking in an excited tone, Eubanks
slipped up behind Earl with billet of
wood. ready to strike.
'''Look behind, Earl!' cried. In an
instant he had turned and saw Eu-
banks, ready to brain him!
"'Villain! Not satisfied with win
ming my bride, you would kill me?
And as he said these words his pistol
rang out amid the din and confusion,
and Eubanks' bridal tour had ended.
Now he said, turning to the con-
ductor, you may stop the train. I've
had my revenge
Grabbing hold of the lever the con-
ductor shut off the steam, and the
| train, which a moment ago was
| plunging along at such a terrific
rate of speed, was at stand
still 1 went back to the passen-
| ger car, and conducted Bessie to
] IL Il soL hor-
coming. When she beheld the dead
form of her young husband her loud,
piercing screams could have been
heard a mile. Turning her eyessup to
Earl, who was standing there with q
contemplate smile on his face, she de-
manded:
land you are the author of thls?'
Earl did not speak. Her cold, re-
proachful glance cowed him.
"When Earl said he had his revenge
he told the truth. There upon the
floor of the engine was the dead form
of Bessie husband, and she was bend
ing over him, giving vent to the most
pitifuI means.
THAT was more than revenge!
sHe had widowed a beautiful CIR
and became himself felon, q crimina
of the deepest dye. Picking up his ha
and putting his yet smoking revolvel
in his pocket, Earl bid the silent spec
rators to his awful crime adieu anC
disappeared in the darkness.
"What did they do with WendallP'
asked one of the listeners.
Nothing. He came to trial not long
after, but was acquitted, the jury find
ing from the evidence that he acted il
= self-defense.
L 'And Miss Bessie-his sweetheart
ooh, she is my wife. A year afte
the events TRANSFERRED we were married
in the same room that she and Eubank
were married in. Young, you say, t
marry me? Oh. no. She was twenty
while was only tbirty-five. - d
Barron, tn atlanta Constitution.